Tackle box



Filed Dec. 14, 1946. 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 1951 L. SCHAPERKOTTER El'AL 2,54

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3 Sheets-Sheet 2 TACKLE Box I. I .1 IE I 1/ SCHAPERKOTTIER EIAL Feb. 13, 1951 Filed Dec. 14, 1946 Patented Feb. 13, 1951 TACKLE Box LelandfSchaperkotter, Kansas City, Kane, and George W. Kline, Fayette, Mo.

Application December M, 1946 Serial No. 716,342

5 Claims. (Cl. 312--222) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a tackle box for fishing tackle and the like, and has particular reference to a tackle box containing hinged tray members therein.

The principal object of the present invention is the provision of a tackle box having a hinged cover and a tray member adapted to be contained in said cover, said cover and said tray being hingeably carried by said box on a common pintle, and said box cover servin also as a lid for said tray to prevent spilling of tackle from the tray when said cover is tilted.

Another objectis the provision of a manually operated latch releasably securing said tray insaid cover, said latch being secured against release except when the cover is disposed at a predetermined acute angle to the horizontal.

A further object is the provision of stops whereby the opening of said cover is limited. Other objects are simplicity and economy of construction, and convenient and positive operation.

With these objects in view, as well as further objects which will become apparent during the course of the specification, reference will be had 1 Fig. dis an enlarged fragmentary vertical-sectiontaken on line IVIV of Figure 3.

T "Fig. 5 is a vertical section taken on line; V-V of Figure 4.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged vertical section taken on line VIVI of Figure 9.

Fig. 7 is a view of the cover and tray as shown in Figure 5, with the cover shown in a partially raised position. i

Fig. 8 is a view of the cover and tray as shown in Figure 5, with the cover shown raised to its maximum open position, and with the latch detent in the securing position.

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary rear View of the tackle box, showing a portion of the cover and tray hinges.

Like reference numerals apply to similar parts throughout the several views, and the numeral It applies to a rectangular box open at the top and having a bottom l2, sides it, back I6, and

front i8. Said box may be divided into any desired compartments as by partitions 2%, said partitionsnot extending to the top of said box. Hingeably attached to said box at the upper edge of the back 56 thereof by means of hinge members 22 is a cover it, said hinge members being oscillatably mounted on a pintle 29 extending the width of box Hi. Said hinge members are equipped with integral stop lugs 28 which will abut as shown in Figure 6, when cover 23 is raised to the vertical position, thus limitin the movement'of said cover.

' Cover 24 comprises a top it, sides 32, front 34, and back 36, said sides, front, and back being sufliciently wide to give cover 2G a substantial depth. The box may be secured in the closed position by means of suitable latches 38 rigidly fixed to front 34 of cover 24 and adapted to em gage securing members :38 rigidly fixed to front 68 of box it. Firmly fixed to front l8 of the box is a carrying handle 32.

Pivotally carried on pintle 25 bymeans of'hinge members it is a tray 25 adapted to extend into cover as. Said tray may be divided into compartments as by partitions is for containing fishing tackle and the like, and may also carry cork bars 50 into which fishing hooks may be inserted for convenient carrying. Partitions 48" are of such a height as to bear against top 30 of cover 24 when said tray is pivotally swun into said cover, said top thus serving as a lid for the compartments of said tray and preventing spilling of tackle therefrom.

A latch body member 52 is rigidly fixed to the inner surface of front34 of cover 24 at substantially the midpoint thereof. Pivotally carried by said latch body on pin 54! extending horizontally parallel to front 3%, is a latch 58 extending downwardly from said pin and having formed at its lower end a hook portion 58 adapted to releasably engage a notch 80 formed therefor in the forward edge of. tray 36, thereby releasably retaining said tray within cover 24. Latch 56 is urged rearwardly toward the latched position by means of a flat spring 62 rigidly attached at one end to latch 56 and bearing at its opposite end against latch body member 52. The rearward movement of latch 56 is limited by latch body 52, the surface 64 of said latch abutting against latch body 52, as shown in Figures '7 and 8. Said I latch may be disengaged by manually pulling the lower end thereof in a forward direction. When cover 24 is in the closed position against box I0, latch 56 is secured in the rearward latched 3 position by means of a tapered stop block 66 rigidly fixed to front [8 of box H1 at the upper edge thereof, as shown in Figures 3, 4 and 5, thereby preventing accidental release of said latch when the box is closed.

A gravity operable detent 68 is mounted for free pivoting on pin it within vertical slot 12 of latch 56, said pin being paral'el to pin 54, and the lower end of said detent being enlarged to form a counterweight 14 whereby said detent is maintained in a vertical position by gravity, as shown in Figures 5, 7 and 8. When cover 24 is closed, and until it is opened to approximately the position shown in Figure '7, detent 68 remains inoperative and latch 55 may be manually drawn forward to release tray 46. However, when the cover is rased beyond the position shown in Figure '7, the upper end of detent 68 will come into operative relationship with the forward wall of latch body 52 passing through a plane through pin ill at right angles to said forward wall, as shown in Figure 8. While in this position, the abutment of said detent against said forward wall will secure latch 56 in its rearward latched position, preventing the release of tray 45. Thus, it will be seen that said tray can not be released from cover 24 except when said tray is at a predetermined acute ange to the horizontal, thereby preventing the spilling of tackle from the tray which would result if it were released from the cover while said cover was in a steeply tilted position. If cover 24 should be tilted past the vertical position shown in Figure 8, as by tilting the entire box to the rear, detent 68 will be retained in the locking position shown in Figure 8 by stop surface 69 of latch 68, thus preventing the disengagement of said latch when said cover is in an inverted position.

If desired, a tray 16 may be pivotally connected to pintle 25 by means of hinge members 18. Said tray is adapted to be contained in the upper pcrton of box Hi, and toserve as a hinged lid for the compartments formed therein by partitions 2B. Said tray is also adapted to abut against the lower face of tray 56, the latter thereby serving as a hinged lid for the former. The forward edge of tray 16 is reeasably secured to the lower face of tray 36 by means of a spring fastener so fixed to tray 46, which frictionally engages a securing member 82 fixed to the forward wall 84 of tray 16.

The improvements we cla m as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent are:

l. A box for fishing tackle and the like comprising a box member, a cover hingeably carried by said box member, a tray hingeably carried within said box to extend into said cover, a latch releasably securing said tray to said cover, and a pivotally mounted member securing said latch from operation except when said cover is inclined at less than a predetermined acute angle to the horizontal.

2. A box for fishing tackle and the like comprising a box member, a cover hingeably carried by said box member, a tray hingeably carried within said box and extendable into said cover, and gravity operable means releasably securing said tray to said cover whereby said tray may be released from said cover only when said cover is inclined at less than a predetermined acute angle to the horizontal.

3. A box for fishing tackle and the like having a hinged cover, a tray hingeably carried within said box and extendable into said cover, and a latch releasably securing said tray to said cover, and gravity operable means whereby said latch is prevented from releasing said tray from said cover except when sa d cover is inclined at less than a predetermined acute angle to the horizontal.

4. A box for fishing tackle and the like having a hinged cover, a tray hingeably carried within said box and extendable into said cover, a latch hingeably carried b said cover and adapted to releasably secure said tray thereto, and a detent operable by gravity to swing into engagement with a rigid stop member whenever said cover is raised farther than a predetermined acute angle to the horizontal, whereby said latch is precluded from releasing said tray from sa d cover except when said cover is inclined at less than said predetermined acute angle to the horizontal.

5. A box for fishing tackle and the like l aving a hinged cover, a tray carried w thin said box and extendable into said cover, said tray and said cover being h ngeably attached to sa d box on a common pintle, a manually operable latch pivotally carried by said cover and adapted releasably REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 765,128 Clark l July 12, 1 l 831,064 Hardesty Sept. 18. '1906 2,150,064 John et al Mar. 7, 1939 2,295,221 King Sept. 8, 1942 

